Tiger moth Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun medium-sized moth with long richly colored and intricately patterned wings; larvae are called woolly bears

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Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of moths of the family Arctiadæ which are striped or barred with black and white or with other conspicuous colors. The larvæ are called woolly bears.

Webster 1913